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Depressed females have over-active glutamate receptor gene

July 31, 2015 by

Numerous genes that regulate the activity of a neurotransmitter in the brain have been found to be abundant in brain tissue of depressed females. This could be an underlying cause of the higher incidence of suicide among women, according to research.

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